Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

When he came out of the rat tribe's territory, Tu's expression was somewhat blank.

She glanced at Li Zhi several times, finally unable to hold back: "How did you do that?"

Everyone in the wilderness knows how stingy and greedy Mi is.

Li Zhi not only robbed him once, but also succeeded a second time.

Moreover, on the second occasion, they even managed to obtain 720 units of fast-growing mushrooms and fluorescent moss spores from Mi, who was stockpiling food to prepare for the extreme cold weather.

It was nothing short of a miracle.

Li Zhi took out 20 units of fast-growing mushrooms: "Here, the food I promised you, just give me 20 copper coins."

Tu took out his money and accepted the food in one smooth motion, but his vertical pupils remained fixed on her without blinking.

Li Zhi clicked his tongue: "I told you long ago that he's afraid of death. You just need to pinpoint your enemy's weakest point and keep attacking him in different ways."

Seeing that Tu still looked blank, Li Zhi gave him a look that said, "He's hopeless. His premise for dealing with me is that he himself will be fine. But if I let him know that killing me will result in him dying a more miserable death than I did, do you think he would still dare to lay a hand on me?"

"Then how will you let him know that he died a more gruesome death than you?"

Li Zhi: "If you want to know, you have to pay tuition, 1 gold coin per lesson."

Tu thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "You must teach me when I've saved enough money."

Li Zhi was taken aback, and seeing Tu's serious expression, his shoulders began to tremble.

Seeing Tu's face grow increasingly dark, and the scales on his cheeks gleaming coldly, Li Zhicai suppressed his laughter, coughing loudly, "Fine, I'll definitely teach you once you've saved up enough money, okay?"

He brandished his razor-sharp fingernails: "You'd better keep your word."

Li Zhi: "Of course, honesty is the foundation of a businessman, and I have always been an honest businessman."

She waved and said, "I still have business to do, so I'll be going now. See you later!"

With a flash of light from the teleportation array, Li Zhi appeared in Black Iron Port.

It was already dark in Black Iron Harbor. The sea breeze carried a warm, salty scent, and bonfires burned in the harbor. Patrols were conducted at intervals, and there were more guests and merchants coming and going than during the day.

Li Zhi walked through the somewhat crowded people, and before he even reached the raw material area, he saw a small market that had appeared on the road leading up the mountain.

Animal skin cloaks were lined up on both sides of the mountain road, and almost all the visitors went into the market.

Merchants who wish to enter must have their identities verified.

Li Zhi was also very curious about the market, but her goal today was to collect some raw materials, so she went to the black tent first.

Celia is not here today; in her place is another forging merchant.

Without any communication, Li Zhi quickly exchanged the money and headed straight for the raw materials area.

Li found the merchant Celia had taken her to trade with and said, "I want cold iron, no pickiness, buy 1000 units per frame, 8% discount on blacksmithing."

The merchant looked Li Zhi up and down, seemingly puzzled, but seeing a good deal coming in, and speaking in business jargon, he replied, "9% off at most, you can do the discount yourself."

"Fighting on your own" means that the merchant doesn't lift a finger, and Li Zhi can choose the location.

"make a deal."

Li Zhi directly found the raw materials he needed, took baskets and scooped them out one by one, quickly shoveling up 1000 units.

"900 Black Iron Coins".

Li Zhi paid the money, collected all the raw materials, and then found the next raw material supplier.

He went from house to house, and soon spent all 1 black iron coins he had exchanged, and bought almost everything he needed.

To get to the parts section, you have to go through the market.

More than an hour later, the market seemed to be even more lively, as if something was being auctioned off.

Suppressing his curiosity, Li Zhi made another trip to the parts section.

The parts area is a stark contrast to the silence outside.

The merchants of the forging tribe sat together, and right in front of them was Celia, who was not in the tent. Next to her sat Riley, who looked somewhat at a loss.

Li Zhi paused, just about to turn and leave, when Celia called out to him, "I see you."

Her voice was hoarse and eerie, as if it were whispering behind Li Zhi.

Li Zhi had no choice but to turn around: "Is your Forging Clan having a meeting? It's not appropriate for me, an outsider, to participate, so I won't disturb you."

No, we need you.

Celia's eerie green eyes stared intently at Li Zhi.

"You came to the raw materials section to buy something, right?"

Li Zhi knew she couldn't avoid it any longer: "What do you need me to do?"

Celia: "Did you see the market outside? That's the Rock Nest Clan's market; the Forging Clan isn't allowed to join."

Li Zhi had learned a little about the feud between the Forging Clan and the Rock Nest Clan from snippets of conversation among some merchants.

It is said that these two were from the same family, but for some reason, one became an S-class and the other became a C-class, which is like heaven and earth.

Li knew not the specific reason.

Li Zhi only knew that one should not get involved in any racial struggles, especially those that were one family hundreds of years ago; getting involved would only bring harm and no benefit.

"I see. I went straight to the raw materials section to buy things and haven't been over there yet." Li Zhi looked enlightened, but with a hint of regret. "It's a pity I have an appointment with Ling later, so I don't have time to visit there. Otherwise, I would definitely go and take a look for you next time."

"Time's almost up, so I won't disturb your meeting any longer. See you later."

As Li Zhi spoke, she backed away. Just as she reached the corner, a door made of lava energy, with a temperature reaching thousands of degrees, blocked her way.

Even from dozens of meters away, the temperature seemed to be enough to ignite her cloak.

Li Zhi quickly took a few steps back, turned his head, and saw Celia looking at him sitting on the mechanical prosthetic leg, less than two meters away from her.

"Celia, this is getting a bit boring."

Celia looked at Li Zhi, her aged face bearing an undeniable command: "Go to the Rock Nest Clan market, buy the Microcrystal Energy Converter and give it to me. After it's done, I'll let you leave."

Li Zhi: "What if I don't agree?"

Although she hadn't yet figured out the feud between the two races, she knew that Celia's forceful coercion of her into getting involved meant that the hatred was far deeper than she had imagined.

As a D-class race, she got caught up in the feud between S-class and C-class races and didn't even know how she died.

Celia gave her no room to refuse: "If you don't agree, you'll die here."

The prosthetic leg on her foot split, merged, reassembled, and finally transformed into a silver cannon.

Through the opening of the tube, one can see red energy inside, like lightning, entangled, splitting, and poised to be unleashed, containing some kind of power.

With just one glance, Li Zhi felt his scalp and face tingle, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his back.

It wasn't the weapon, but an intuitive, intense sense of crisis that surged into her mind, making her feel as if she were fixed in place by some force, unable to resist.